My life was changed when I learned to consider both the
physical and the energy aspects of our existence. I am very hopeful for the
future of health care because of the great discoveries that have come in the
last century; science is giving explanations for the success of systems of
medicine such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Herbal
Medicine and Homeopathy. Explore this site and talk
with me about how you can see your life in a new way and make choices that
improve your life.

E = mc2
Just over
100 years ago Albert Einstein uncovered a truth that has always existed: matter
and energy are intricately related. That brought major changes to our world and
we are all familiar with this. However, about 100 years prior to Einstein,
Samuel Hahnemann uncovered the same truth when he began developing ways to treat
patients as if they were simultaneously Substance and Energy. Since his time and
more rapidly after Einstein's there have been increasing numbers of observations
of how, for example, acupuncture, yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, craniosacral
therapy, homeopathy, all have inter-relationships with each other. What Einstein
disclosed to the world of Science is now being brought into the world of Health
and Healthcare.

Perhaps
the single most important fact of this New Understanding of the Natural World is
that energies can act as if they were entities, or like "computer viruses".
These are called Chronic Miasms in homeopathy theory, and have been described as
a living spiritual force, something malign and almost consciously destructive of
humankind. We all need to be treated for Chronic Miasms and Chthonic Diseases.

He began to
triturate (grind) and succuss (shake) the medicinal substances,
discovering by experiment that the highly diluted remedies were even
more potent after they had been succussed... The universe was
pervaded by the vital force. Hahnemann was no theoretical mystic; he
was a practical experimenter whose reach in these matters exceeded
his grasp because he was confronted with material two hundred years
before a vocabulary to deal with it had been developed. Even now
most of us still operate in a Newtonian, pre-Einsteinian universe,
despite the fact that modern physics has revealed its partiality..
"It is only the ignorant vulgar that still look upon matter as dead
mass, for from its interior can be elicited incredible and hitherto
unsuspected powers...". [Hahnemann, emphasis added]

In order
to explain the successes of the network of practitioners with which I am
associated, listed below are some basic aspects that need to be understood. I
think these are reasonable, and I have seen developing technologies that
essentially prove my Expanded Paradigm concept is valid. This listing is not presented as
exhaustive or complete, but contains the major factors that I have come to
understand as valid and necessary for a person to effectively employ the
integrative approach used at NIHA, taught at Capital University of Integrative
Medicine [now disbanded] and the American Academy of Neural Therapy and practiced by a growing
network of practitioners.

Before
listing the factors that I consider underpinnings to our successful programs
here, let me say this. On its surface the way the Expanded Paradigm will appear
is simply adding close attention to ANS
blocking factors such as "Toxics" [such as mercury and other heavy
metals, and chemical pollutants], Microbes [such as Lyme, nanobacteria, etc.],
and psycho-emotional stresses [childhood memories, other traumas, etc.]. I
foresee this will be as commonplace as is washing the hands before examining
patients. Simply checking for and addressing the level of toxics and microbes
will change the nature of medicine. This will in a major way modify the
"terrain" of the body, thus enabling the person to more vigorously
exercise their innate self-healing capabilities.

My deeper study of the dynamic system originally envisioned by
Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. over 200 years ago -- a system that pre-dated
Einstein yet treated a person as simultaneously Energy and Substance --
leads me to add an overarching understanding as described in
Homeopathy
Science. If you invest some time in reading that web page and
associated links you may discover you have within your grasp the answers
to your questions of puzzling health concerns. This has been called the
"Map out of the Swamp" of confusion regarding what constitutes
true Health and Disease.

Treatment
Program in stages is crucial to patient comfort and success:

---Detoxification
of "Molds, Metals,
Memories," etc.

The full range
of allopathic and holistic approaches can be considered for potential
benefit to a particular individual. We are comfortable using prescription drugs if
beneficial, and will include supportive remedies for any body organ system
stressed by planned treatment.

1.
The body has electrical charge differences between arteries and veins. This, by
basic internationally-accepted science definition of charge flow, means that there are electromagnetic fields around
each vessel in the body. Thus the body is a closed electrical system [ref. Bjorn
Nordenstrom, M.D., "Biologically Closed Electrical Circuits"] that contains a complex weave of electromagnetic fields.

2.
The body has a network of energy zones, which have been mapped by doctors
millennia ago and addressed [somewhat effectively] by acupuncture. See acumeridian
theory and the references it has to physics, chaos/pattern theory, fractal
dynamics, bio-electromagnetism, etc.

The
new information I point out is that the oriental physicians who formed acumeridian
theory (and others such as 5-Element Theory) practiced empirical medicine, that I call "Black Box Medicine". This is an exquisite system using
words and terms in a complex model that was not based on how the human body
works in terms of modern anatomy and physiology, but which when followed even
today gives very good results. The paradigm shift of our new understanding
that I am describing, is that we now have the means to change the very body of
the patient in ways the acupuncturists and yogis and others never could do
before. We are able to remove heavy metals from nerve ganglia and tissues that
have no natural elimination pathway. We can remove these and other
"shackles" that earlier practitioners could not know existed.

3.
The nervous system is intimately interconnected with the neurohormones, as has
been discussed by Dr. Candace Pert [e.g., The Molecules of Emotion]. Terms such
as Psycho-Neuro-Immuno-Endocrinology reflect the wide acceptance of the complex
makeup of the body.

4.
The body has Autonomic Nervous System components [perhaps three branches, if
Porges is correct], aspects of which touch virtually all parts of the body. The
discipline of Neural Therapy demonstrates interactions that can only be
explained if there are flows of energies similar to those described in
acumeridian theory.

5.
Autonomic (ANS) function is essential to life. ANS function can be altered [Autonomic
Dysregulation] by a number of factors [see
checklist]. These often represent major roadblocks to free function of the
innate monitoring and self-repair function of the ANS. Key factors that we often
see are: heavy metals, microbial infestations, psycho-emotional stressors.

6.
Microbes are very important. The work of Lida Mattman may be an key part of
the description of how microbes can hide so well in the human body, and that
only through tests such as in #7 can we find those which change shape and can
hide intracellularly in the red blood cells and elsewhere (tendons, fascia,
etc.).

7.
ANS function can be assessed by several methods. I believe that
the assessment technology of Advanced
Cardiologix, their HRV Live! product, is the breakthrough device we have
been looking for; their web site has a lot of good information you can read. Main functional
assessments we use are Autonomic Response Testing, Electro-Dermal Screening,
Heart Rate Variability assessment. With the Omura method of Bi-Digital O-Ring
Testing, and ART, including the Direct Resonance Testing sub-routine,
practitioners can identify a wide range of factors that block ANS regulation and
full function. This is a key item: Detecting the blocks to ANS function
then allows us to make a program of addressing them.

ANS
function can be assessed for improvement by acumeridian treatments, homeopathics
(vibrated dilutions), herbs, craniosacral therapy, other bodywork, mind-body
treatments as well as prescription medication.

8.
Dr. McClure has developed a sequence of steps for assessing and treating the
various blocks to ANS function. When followed, these will help the patient avoid
"healing crises" and make the sequence of treatment steps more
tolerable. [This step #8 on this essay, is not essential, but something similar
would be helpful for planning a program that will not overwhelm the patient.]
Treatments are another subject, and I will not list them on this page. There are
a complex set of choices to be made and no one series is universally the best
for all people. This is the art of health care.

9.
My bottom line understanding is that if we do not remove blocks to ANS
function then the body cannot fully heal itself. That means that no
treatment [no matter whether it be good food, exercise, herbs, homeopathy,
prescription medications, surgery or any other treatment] will bring the patient
to full health if they are still held back by ANS blocking factors. I
tell patients that they should experience improvement, but that complete optimal
reclamation of health means they need to address all the blocks to regulation
and then supply support and nurture to all systems of the body. [See
Why Some Treatments Make You Worse.]

Because
this can be expensive, I always look for the level of a patient's ability to
handle the rigors of the work they may be doing, and I talk about the way we
will never be finished in what I call our "Ongoing Reclamation
Project". We must find some way to "enjoy the journey along the
way," perhaps to have some worldview or philosophy of life being more
than a struggle of the isolated human against the world around them. [Spirituality
considerations may be helpful.]